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Guy Mazyck Quits lirNarmony
Move; Two In 3rd Ward Race
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and aaved tbe Ufe of woonded Lt. OoL Harry A. Oark of OohmdMU,
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boM rooomraMdod tor tho eoncroMdoBal Medal of Honor. (IMwipnM
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Dismissal Of Aslieville YMCA
Official Stirs Controversy
ASHEVILLE
Hugh A. Johnson, dismis
sed as executive secretary of
the Market Street branch of
the YMCA by the branch’s
committee ot management
last Friday, charged this week
that he was dismissed from
his position because the man
agement committee could “no
longer tolerate” his “out
spoken attitude on the ques
tion of racial segregation in
the community.”
At the same time, A. S.
Reynolds, chairman of the
board which fired Johnson
told the TIMES that Johnson
was dismissed because he was
devoting too much time to out
side wbrk. ft situation which
Reynolds said the committee felt
harmful to his usefulness in his
position at the YMCA.
By a vote of 8-1 last Friday,
the committee of maAgement ot
the Market Street YMCA de
cided to dlsiniss Johnson. Six
members of the committee were
absent when the vote was taken.
In addition to these charges
and counter charges, the issue
of communism entered the con-
taversy _late this weeK. A re
liable source told the TIMES
that what really prompted the
action of the committee In dis
missing Johnson was bit alleged
association with several persons
and organizations which are con
sidered “leftist.”
This source mentioned the
Buncombe Coimty Committee
for Jobs for Negroes, of which
Johnson is co-chairman, as be
ing the big objection of the com
mittee ^of management of the
YMCA.’ This organization, ac
cording to the source, is consid
ered “leftist.”
Johnson refuted the commun
ist charges, however, and told
the TIMES that there bad been
several attempts in the past on
the part of Negro leaders who
control the rival organization to
the BuncomW County Commit
tee for Jobs for Negroes, the
Asheville Citizens Organization,
to red-bait the Buncombe Coun
ty Committee in an effort to dis
credit it.
He went further to state tiiat
there had never been an open
HUGH JOEINSON
charge of communism made
against the Buncombe County
committee.
Johnson also alleged that the
leaders of the Asheville Citizens
Organization consider them
selves the elite and object to the
Buuncombe County committee
because of its militant stend a-
gainst segregation.
No successor has been named
to Johnson’s post. Reynolds told
the TIMES, however, that an in
terim committee of three men
would assume the task of,man
aging the affairs of the YMCA
along with Johnson’s assistant,
William Anderson.
Johnson stated that his dis-
See Johnson, Page 8
Periodloal i)«pt
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FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OUTSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROUNAS
Bntertd at Second Clou Matter at the Poet Office at Durham, North Carolina, under Act of March 3,1879.
VOLUME 30—NUMBER 12
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 4th, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
Labor Leader
Lauded For
'Unselfish' Move
^ an atmosphere of surprising
harmony the Durham Commit'
tee on Negro Affairs met here
last Thursday-'evening at the
Algonguin Club and voted to
endorse the recommendation oi
the political committee which
named R. N. Harris as its choice
for candidate for the City
Council of Durham.
Prior to the actual vote taken
on the matter Guy Mazyck, la^
bor leader, who had  previously
announced that he would be a
candidate for the position, with,
drew his name from the race in
favor of the action taken by the
political committee on the pre
vious Monday night.
In withdrawing his name My
zyck stated that he had always
worked with the Committee on
Negro Affairs, and that he in.
tended to continue to do so, and
that for the sake of harmony he
was^ithdra^ng his name from
the race and woiild work hard to
help elect Harris.
Mazyck’s action set a har
monious tone to die meeting to
which a large number of persons
had gone expecting the fir^
works. He received great praise
and thanks from Conunittee of.
ficials for his action and “mag
nanimous” spirit.
The withdrawal of Mazyck’s
name now leaves the names of
two Negro candidates in the
field, that of R. N. Harris and
James T. Taylor. Although Tay
lor will not have the tracking of
the Committee he is expected to
make, a determined bid for the
City Council seat and ia already
soliciting the support of various
groups and individuals.
Also backing Harris is the
Ministerial Alliance which has
already voted to lend its support
to the candidate selected by the
local Committee.
In announcing that he would
remain in the race in spite of
the Committee’s acticm, Taylor
becomes the first candidate of
his group to noit receive at least
See Masyck, Page 8.
Watcliman Leaves Town As
No Charges Pressed On Him
Young Soldier’s Wound8 Described
As “Bloody Mess”; Little Chance
For Survival Held Out
* A pall of mystery hung over
WGH SCHOOLER’S VISIT NCC CAMPUS
Contest With Cab Drivers
Warms Up As Voting Starts
With exactly 37 persons nominated the CAROLINA
TIMES first aimual popularity contest for Durham taxi driv
ers started off this week with a BANG. The race is now on
and already warming up. By the close of the contest at mid
night May 9 the balloting is expected to get hotter and hot
ter.
This week will find the customers and friends of the
various taxi drivers nominated in the contest casting the
first ballot for their favorite drivers. All that is necessary
to cast a ballot is to fill in the blank on page three in this
week's issue of the TIMES and mail, send or bring it to the
office of the CAROLINA TIMES, 518 East Pettigrew Street.
Remember you may vote for a driver as many times as you
please.
The first two weeks of the contest each ballot will be
numbered.
Name
Cab Driver
Vote*
WILLIAM ROGERS
108. .
50,000
ISAIAH HAMPTOM
103
50,000
J. B. WATSON
143.
MARVIN ALLEN
153
50,000
CHARLES TOMLIN
102
50,000
PETE GOINS
108
50,000
LEE LASSITER
181
^^._.60,000
WALTER ROBINSON
184 -
-„.50,000
eONTEST, Page .Bight
Is Mrs. Vann
Haitian Envoy?
WASHINGTON
Attempts to get a rtimor verl.
fied that President Eisenhower
had named Mrs. Robert L. Vann,
president of the Pittsburgh
Courier Publishing company,
ambassador to Haiti were tm-
successful early this week. ,
Presidential press secretary
James C. Hagerty was non com
mittal on the subject, Inrfimtlng
that the statement would have
to come from the President.
It is generally believed that
Mrs. Vann, widow of the Courier
founder, R. L. Vann who was a
native North Carolinian, Is in
line for a top government post.
She is known to favor an am
bassadorial post to Haiti.
Some 4S0 high school stu
dents from all over North
Carolina were guests of North«
Carolina College’s Commercial
Department last week during
the department’s yearly obser
vance of “Commeroial Day."
In picture at top, NCC Com
merce department stadents
show two Wllliston high co-eda
around campus. From I^t to
right are Danliette Tucker,
Monrovia, Liberia; Clarice
Jordu, Winton, N. C.; Willis-
ston High of Wilmington stu
dents Vrginia Fuller and Car
olyn Boone; and Lindsey Mer
ritt, president of the commer
cial club.
In bottom picture, three stu
dents from Sha^own high of
Lillington watch demonstra
tion by H. D. Wolfe, left, Rem-
togton - Rand representative.
Students shown left to right
are Annie Evans, Thelma
Hicks and John Cameron. See
'story for more details, page
three.
Ruby McCollum Made
Penniless By Fja. Court
(Interstate Press)
LIVE OAK, FLA.
For the confessed Mlling of
the white man whom she
claims fathered a child for
her, a once wealthy woman is
now penniless and faces death
in Florida’s electric chair.
While IVJrs. Ruby McCol
lum, slayer of Dr. C. Leroy
Adams, doctor-politician of
this city, on Sunday morning,
August 3, 1952, sat in her cell
in the Suwanne County jail
here last Wednesday, Circuit
Judge R. H. Rowe of Madison,
near here, was in the nearby
courthouse signing papers
which made her a pauper.
Tried during last January
for the shooting te death of the
man she claimed was her “lov-
and fathered her 15 months
old baby daughter, Loretta, Mrs.
McCollum was found guilty of
first degree murder and has al
ready been sentenced to death in
the electric chair at Raiford.
Judge Rowe signed a judg
ment for $80,000 in favor of Mrs.
Florrie Adams, widow of the
dead doctor, who was slain in
his office during an argument
with Mrs. McCollum, stripping
the defendant of all her worldly
goods. Mrs. McCollum refused
the opportunity of appearing at
See Ruby, Page 8
Gray To Be Formally Installed
As Talladega President April 10
TALLADEGA, Ala.
Distinguished representatives
of government, education and
church will participate in a tri
ple Congregational Christian
program, April 8, 0, and 10 at
Talladega College here, culmi
nating in the Inaugral ceremo
nies of Dr. Arthur Douglass
Gray, as eighth President of
Talladega College.
April 8, Wednesday, the Exe
cutive Committee of the Board
of Home Missions of tbe Con
gregational Christian Churches,
whose membership of laymen,
lay women and clergy comes
from 20 different states, will
meet in business sessions.
April 0, Thursday, an Educa
tional Conference on “Higher
Education and Problems of Con
temporary Civilization'’ will
bring together representatives of
several races for discussion un
der the chairmanship of Dr.
Samuel C. Kincheloe of Chicago
Theological Seminary, Chicago,
Illinois, and the following
the case of a young soldier who
lay in “poor condition” at Lin-
coin hospital here early this
week, half of h^ face tom away
by a charge from a .12 „guage
shot gun, fired from an almost
point blank range.
The young G. I. is Sidney
Evans, Jr., 21 year-old, whose
local residence is 715 Pliun St
He was shot in .the face last
Saturday night at the McDou-
gald Terrace construction site
by Hubert Hughw, night watch
man at the bousing project.
As late as Wednesday, no
warrant had been sworn out for
Hughes’ arrest, and the night-
watchman had left town, ap
parently under advisement from
the construction firm authori.
ties.
Investigating officers said
that the bridge of young Evans’
nose, his. upper lip and most of
his right cheek had been blown
away by the charge. They de-
scrit>ed his injuries as a “bloody
mess.” Lincoln hospital authori
ties refused to reveal the extent
of his condition other than to
say that he was in "poor con
dition” and given a little chance
of surviving..
It was also not known whether
the youth would lose his eye
sight or not early this week.
The big, unanswered question
in the shooting is just wluit ac
tually took place on the huge,
darkened and deserted con
struction area at McDougald
Terrace, scene .of the shooting,
iast Siturday night.
So far, police have been able
to get only the story as told by
Hughes, the watchman, who
fired the shot. Evans, with half
his face gone, his jaw bone ap
parently broken, most of his
teeth blown away and t«npo-
rarily, at least, blinded, could
only give police his addresa. -
Detective Erank McCrae, one
of the investigating officers who
rode with the injured young
13^ See Watchman. Page 8
speakers;
From India, Dr. M. S. Sun-
dararii the Department of
Education of the Embassy of In
dia, Washington, D. C., Speaking
on "Higher Education and Re
sponsible Participation in World
Affairs”; Hon. Oliver J. Cald
well of Washington, D. C., As
sistant United States Com
missioner of Education (for In
ternational Education) U. S. Of
fice of Education, speaking on
“Education for World Servipf”;
Prof. Howard Hintz of Brooklyn
College, Brookljm, New York,
speaking on "Education for
Values in a Democratic Society”.
Leading discussions will be
Felton G. Clark, President of
Southern University, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, and F. D. Pat
terson, President t>f Tuskegee
Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama,
who will become Director of the
Phelps-Stokes Fund, New York,
on June 1.
April 10, Friday, comes the
See Gray, Page 8
Bunche To Talk
At Howard
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, Director
of the Division of Trusteeship
for the United Nations, will be
the principal speaker at Howard
University April 8th when the
University becomes the third
school in the District of Colum
bia to be admitted into the Phi
Beta Kappa national honorary
fraternity. The other local chap
ters are Alpha at George Wash
ington University and Beta at
The Catholic University.
Dr. Bimche, who is a mem
ber of Phi Beta Kappa, will de
liver the commeroration address
at special installation exercises
to be held at Rankin Memorial
Chapel on Howard camptis.
The authorizatioii for the in
stallation of the new chapter
was granted by the United
Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa at
the group’s triennial convention
at the University of Kentucky in
September of last year. It fo^
lowed the unanimous endorse
ment of the South Atlantic Dis
trict Phi Beta Kappa colleges *at
a regional conference at David
son College (N.C.) in the fall
of 1951.
HKNRT E
FCNDEKBCRG
Edwards Heads
Cancer Unit
Henry R. Edwards, assistant
secretary of the Southern Fideli
ty Mutual Insurance Company
has accepted the Vice-Chairman
ship of the April Campaign of
the American Cancer Society.
The goal for the 1953 fund
campaign is the same as last
year, $15,000. The campaign
opens on April 1 and will con
tinue through the month. Ed
wards is seeking to raise $3,000
of the $15,000 goal set for Dur.
ham County.
Edwards stresses the fact that
care has been exercised so as
not to solicit any perscm more
than one time. “Consequently,”
Edwards said, “all contributors
are urged to give promptly so
that all of the soliciting, which
is being done by volunteer wor
kers, can be completed by April
rBr* See Edwards, Page 8
DEADLINE REMINDER
The editors of the CAROLINA TIMES announce again
that the deadline for all unsolicited material is Monday
noon of each week. Strict adherence to this deadline is
made necessary because of the new press schedule for
the TIMES. The new schedule is d^gned to place in
your hands the significant events of the week at an
earlier date.
• • •
Read Inside This Week:
•—AN exclusive interview WITH THE FAM
OUS NOVELIST, RALPH ELLISON, Page Seven.
•—A ROUND-UP OF THINGS TO COME IN SPRING
SPORTS BY L. T. WALKER, Page Five.
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